Cactus-singer



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B. W, VAGHER. GAGTUS SINGER Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

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CAUTUS SINGER. No. 369,896. Patente i Sept. 13, 1887.

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UNITE ERNEST IVILLIAM VAOHER, OF DERBY, TEXAS.

CACTUS-SINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,896, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed April 21, 1887. Serial No. 235, 613. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, ERNEST WILLIAM VAOHER, of Derby, in the county of Frio and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Gactus-Singer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a simple, cheap, and durable apparatus that is applicable for use in the singeing of cactus-plants,the objects of the invention being to provide a singeing apparatus wherein the supply of oil may be regulated as may be desired, and one which may be readily carried about without danger of spilling the contents of the oil-reservoir, which objects I accomplish by means of the apparatus to be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the reservoir, handle, and supply-pipe of the singer. Fig. 1is a View of the burner. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the supply-reservoir and its connections. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view taken on line as w of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side view of the burner, the inclosing-case being shown in section and a portion of the wire-cloth constituting the burner proper being broken away to disclose the arrangement of the feed-pipe, that portion of the feed-pipe so disclosed being shown in section; and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line y g of Fig. 5.

In constructing such an apparatus as the one illustrated in the drawingsabove referred to, I provide a reservoir, 10, that is preferably cylindrical, and this reservoir I connect to a double handle, 11, by means of metallic straps 12, the handle extending to the rear of the reservoir, as shown at 13, and in advance of the reservoir, as shown at 14.

To the reservoir 10,1 connecta supply-pipe, 15, which is held to the forwardlyextending portion of the handle by straps 16. Just be yond the handle 14 the pipe 15 is bent downward and carried forward at an angle, the extreme end of the pipe, however, being again bent so that said end will extend in a line parwr l allel with that occupied by the upper portion of the pipe. Upon this lower portion of the pipe 15,1 bind several layers or thicknesses of wire-cloth 17, said wire cloth being held to place'by binding-wires 18 and 19, the ends of the wire 19 being bent over and sprung out, so that said ends will bear against the inner faces of the side walls ofa wedge-shaped shield, 20. that is mounted upon the lower end of the tube 15, the shield being held to place by a wire, 21, that is connected to the shield and wound about the tube 15, and by a tap-bolt, 22, which passes through the end wall of the case,and at the same time serves as a plug for the lower open end of the tube 15. That portion of the tube 15 which passes through the wire-cloth 17 is apertured, as shown at 2 in Figs. 5 and 6. All excessive tilting of the shield 20 is prevented by the ends of the wire 19, which, as before stated, bear against the inner faces of the side walls of the shield.

The reservoir 10 is provided with a funnel, 23, by means of which the reservoir is filled, an obtuse funnel-shaped screen, 24, being mounted within the funnel 233, said screen serving as a strainer to prevent all trash from entering the reservoir,and at the same time as a guard to protect the contents of the reservoir from the flame of the burner. The possibility, however, of the igniting of the contents of the reservoir through the funnel-opening is an exceedingly remote contingency.

The funnel 33 does not lead directly to the interior of the reservoir, but does lead to a tube, 25,which extends along beneath the upper wall of the reservoir, this tube being open at its lower end, so that oil introduced through the funnel 23 will pass into the reservoir, as indicated by the arrows shown in Fig. 2.

In connection with the supply-tube 15, I arrange a valve, 26, which valve is mounted upon a short arm of a lever, 27, that is supported by a bracket, 8, and guided by a loop, 9. The long arm of this lever 27 extendsupward through a rearwardly-'inclined spout, 28, as best shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the extending portion of the lever being arranged for engagement with a notched spring, 29, that is secured to the upper part of the reservoir and projects forward over the spout 28, a stay spring, 30, being arranged in connection with the spring-catch, 29, as indicated in the drawings. The bearing-face of the valve is provided with several thicknesses or layers of sponge, felt, or other proper fibrous material,

as shown at 6 in Fig. 2.

Such being the general construction of my improved form of cactus-singer, the operation is as follows: In filling the reservoir, the burner is placed in a depressed position and the oil, (preferably kerosene) is poured in through the funnel 23, the valve 26 at this time being closed, and in so filling the reservoir strict attention must be paid to the amount of oil introduced, in order that an excessive amount of oil may not be poured into the reservoir. After the reservoir has been filled the apparatus may be carried from place to place by grasping the handle 14 and raising the burner, thus throwing the open end of the tube 25 to a position above the level of the oil, so that the oil will not belost or spilled by the jolting ot' the apparatus as it is carried from place to place, any oil whichmight possibly enter the open end of the tube 25 being caught and held within that portion of the tube that is to the rear or below the opening of the funnel 23. When it is desired to singe the cactus, the burner is depressed and the lever 27 is moved so as to allow a small quantity of oil to enter the tube 15, to pass thence to the wirecloth of the burner. After this wire-cloth has become saturated the oil may be ignited by the application of a burning match, and being so ignited it will take but an instant to adjust the lever 27, so that the valve 26 will be moved to a proper position to provide for the supply of the required quantity of oil.

In use it will be found that a flame of at least two feet in height may be obtained from the burner, this flame being forced upward by the strong draft caused by the products of coinbustion passing out through the narrow upper opening of the wedge-shaped shield of the burner, the necessary oxygen to supply the combustion entering through the lower broader opening of the shield.

This singeing apparatus will be found to be light, convenient, and portable, and withal much less expensive than any of the devices now used for the purpose for which this invention is intended.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cactus-singer, the combination, with a reservoir, of a tube arranged therein, a funnel communicating with the tube, a supplytube connected to the reservoir, a valve arranged in connection with thesupply-tube, wire-cloth bound to the lower end of the supply-tube, and a screen arranged about the wire-cloth, communication being established between the supply-tube and the wire-cloth, substantially as described.

2. In a cactus-singer, the combination,with a reservoir, of a supply-tube, a burner carried bythe supply-tube, a valve arranged to close the supply-tube, a lever by which the valve is carried, and a spring-catch arranged for engagement wit-h the lever, substantially as described.

3. In a cactus-singer, the combination, with a reservoir, of a supply-tube, a burner carried by the tube, a Valve arranged in connection with the tube, a lever by which the valve is carried, a spring-catch with which said lever engages, and a stay-spring arranged in con nection with the spring-catch, substantially as described.

4. A burner for cactus-singers, consisting, essentially, of a supply-pipe formed with apertures, wire-cloth bound about the apertured end of the pipe, and a wedge-shaped screen carried by the pipe and arranged about the wire-cloth, substantially as described.

5. A burner for cactus-singers, consisting, essentially, of a supply-pipe having an apertured end, wire-cloth bound about said apertured end, a wedge-shaped screen mounted upon the tube and held in position by a binding-wire which is connected to thescreen and to the tube, and a tap-bolt which passes through the lower end of the screen and engages with the tube, substantially as described.

ERNEST WILLIAM VAGHER.

Witnesses:

R. W. HUDsoN, J OHN S. RowELL. 

